A pair of Chinese nationals were charged by the U.S. Department of Justice for allegedly shipping tens of millions of dollars worth of Nvidia’s (NASDAQ:NVDA) H100 GPUs to China without a proper license through a company based in El Monte, Calif.
Chuan Geng, 28, of Pasadena, and Shiwei Yang, 28, of El Monte, were charged with violating the Export Control Reform Act, which carries a sentence of up to 20 years in federal prison.
“According to an affidavit filed with the complaint, from October 2022 to July 2025, the defendants – through their El Monte-based company, ALX Solutions Inc. – knowingly and willfully exported from the United States to China sensitive technology, including graphic processing units – specialized computer parts used for modern computing – without first obtaining the required license or authorization from the U.S. Department of Commerce,” the DOJ said in a press release.
The shipments initially went to companies in Singapore and Malaysia before being transported to China.
On Monday, a federal magistrate judge ordered Geng released on a $250,000 bond and scheduled an August 12 detention hearing for Yang, who was here illegally after overstaying her visa. Arraignment is scheduled for September 11.